This is an analysis of the poem Regret that begins with:

SOFTLY Death touched her and she passed away
Out of this glad, bright world she made more fair,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cbcX caca cdcd aaaa efef ghghXfdfd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1011011101 1001111111 1101010101 0101010101 11110010101 1101010111 1101010001 1111011111 1111011101 1111011111 1011000101 1001010101 01001010111 0111011101 1111010001 1101110101 0111011101 1101110111 1111110101 1101010101 1011110111 11010100101 0101100101 10010101001 1111000101 1101011101 1001001111 1011010101 11010000111 1101011100 0101110111 0111010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 175
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, her are repeated.

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  • summary of Regret;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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